Here's a picture of the whole back....
@The_Chief Did it come with a USB-C to HDMI cable?
Those who do have the 9 now, enjoy, and let's hear your thoughts!
Anyone else here have a problem with their Android smartwatch not staying connected?
Is anyone else having a problem with the Note9 turning itself on in your pocket or holster and just randomly doing things as the screen is touched... even though it was in standby, AOD was on? I went to Settings --> Display and made sure that 'Block Accidental Touches' is selected. Still, I will put the phone in standby by tapping the power button, put it in my pocket or holster... and for some reason, it is turning BACK ON and responding to whatever touches the screen receives. I've had it entering gibberish in a text field; it was several layers deep in an app I wasn't even using; and about 30 minutes ago it literally placed a phone call to someone, out of the blue! The only reason I knew it was making the call in my pocket was because I had my Bluetooth headset on, listening to music. Suddenly it's calling someone! I whipped out the phone to see who it was calling and... WTH?
I immediately called Samsung tech support and spoke with someone who, apparently (I hope) was at their first day of work in tech support. She recommended everything from exchanging the Note9 for another one; to factory reset; to waiting for a future update to fix the problem; to wanting remote access to see what's happening on my phone. I wasn't about to let that puddin' head in my phone - so I told her that I was working on sensitive information and could not allow anyone access to the phone. I FORCED her to generate a ticket number for me (a process that took upwards of 20 minutes) so I could call back and talk with someone who has a clue.
Meanwhile, is anyone else here experiencing this?
EDIT: By the end of the call, 20 minutes after I wrote all this, she had also suggested a wipe cache/safe mode and going to Best Buy so the Samsung Experience rep could reflash the firmware. This poor gal was all over the map, she was clueless, and I could hear in her voice that she was almost in tears! I was very nice, very respectful, but she was just way out of her environment... whatever that is...
We are glad that you've found a resolution for the phone screen getting turned on while in pocket. We appreciate your efforts in finding this option from the Accessibility settings. Alternatively, you may ensure that the option “Block accidental touches” is turned on from the Apps > Settings > Display. This option also helps by preventing the screen from turning on while the device is in a dark place, such as a pocket or a bag.
Just checked mine...it is off.EDIT 2: I had to enable 'lock instantly with power button' just to keep it from doing random things on its own. I turned off AOD and the screen is black in standby. If I wave my hand over the proximity sensor, though, it comes back on. So the inside of my pocket or holster has been waking it up again with the proximity sensor. I don't know of any setting to stop that, but at least it wakes up on the lock screen now. I'll wipe system cache and try safe mode later.
EDIT 3: I think I found the problem. Buried in the Accessibility settings, under 'Dexterity and Interaction', is a setting for Easy Screen Turn On - it was apparently turned ON by default and that's exactly what it's designed to do. I turned it off and restored my other settings. No more random calls!
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